Have you heard the wood frogs and spring peepers? Or maybe you've spotted a salamander migrating to vernal pool breeding grounds on a rainy night, like our staff did a couple weeks ago? These early amphibians are always a good sign that spring awaits! Other early signs of spring include skunk cabbage growing in wetlands, the return of American Robins and Red-winged Blackbirds, and fiddleheads popping up and unrolling into ferns. Soon enough, we'll see trees leafing out!

To learn more about what to expect in nature this month, visit our Nature Notes page online.

Featured Spring programs

SPRING at DPNC

 

APRIL:  4/2: Signs of Spring  |  4/4: Woodcock Walk at Manatuck  |  4/11: Spring Native Seed Sowing Workshop  |  4/11: Holi Rhythms: Food, Dance, and Color  |  4/15: Woodcock Walk at Haley Farm  |  4/18: Companion Planting & Planning Your Garden  |  4/18: Paint & Sip for Earth Day  |  4/22: A Poetic Celebration of Earth Day  |  4/26: Birding at Avery Farm

MAY:  5/2: BioBlitz  |  5/7: Hummingbirds 101 (via Zoom)  |  5/16: Lady's Slipper Walk & Talk  |  5/23: Birding at Coogan Farm

APRIL:  4/11: Adventures in Nature: Signs of Spring  |  4/18: Discovery Station  |  4/25: Nature Night Out

MAY:  5/9: Adventures in Nature: Eggs  |  5/16: Discovery Station  |  5/23: Nature Night Out

APRIL:  4/18: Family Pond Dipping  |  4/18: Raptor Encounter  |  4/19: Reptile & Amphibian Encounter  |  4/19: Family Insect Catching  |  4/25: Family Birding at Rocky Neck

MAY:  5/10: Family Pond Dipping Exploration  |  5/17: Spring Flower Fun

APRIL:  4/4: Walden Preserve  |  4/4: Woodcock Walk at Manatuck  |  4/12: Gungywamp  |  4/15: Woodcock Walk at Haley Farm  |  4/18: Avalonia's Orange Trail at DPNC  |  4/19: Hike DPNC & Coogan Farm

MAY:  5/2: BioBlitz  |  5/8: Groton-Ledyard Reservoir  |  5/9: Gungywamp  |  5/16: Lady's Slipper Walk & Talk  |  5/24: Hike the Nature Center  |  5/30: Mr. Bill's Woodland Ramble  |  5/31: Full Blue Moon Walk

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